Startups

Ampion Ventures which launched yesterday is set to invest 6-digit tranches into African startups to help them to build scalable digital...

Entrepreneurs constantly disrupt the balance of competition by unlocking inventive commercial opportunities and creating new markets in doing so. This can sometimes...

Africa-focused Ampion which had called it quits in 2017 has resurrected with a new partnership with Berlin-based Plutos Ventures Holding to...

Twenty of the most promising Francophone African tech start-ups will participate in the L’Afrique Excelle residency in Mali, a full-week bootcamp set to...

Kenya's Mums Village, a parenting website and Sierra Leone's Mosabi , a mobile learning platform for financial inclusion, have been selected...

Azuri Technologies, a pay-as-you-go solar in Africa and crowdfunding platform Energise Africa have announced the latest phase of debt financing from UK...

Greenlight Planet, an off-grid solar products firm has successfully closed a €1.8 million transaction for the first time from individuals crowdfunding....

Nairobi Innovation Week, an annual initiative of the University of Nairobi targeting its current and former students, is calling for startups to...

Omidyar Network's Financial Inclusion Initiative has spun off to launch Flourish, a new fintech-focused venture firm with $300 million at its disposal...

Olaseni Odukoya, the former co-founder of Etyres has launched affordabletyres.ng to bring the sales of tyres, batteries, lubricants and other car products...

BBOXX has raised €6 million via Trine in what is the largest crowd-funded debt raise in the history of solar energy in...

Five promising start-ups from across Africa have been chosen as regional winners in MEST Africa’s annual Pan-African pitch competition, moving one step...

Kerb, an Australian ‘Airbnb for Parking’ has launched in Kenya to allow car users find parking easily as well as let homeowners...

Nigeria is an untapped potential agricultural power house, with over 180 million people projected to grow to 470 million by 2050.

Mastercard has partnered with solar energy firm Angaza in a move expected to fuel growth for Mastercard's QR payments technology across Africa,...

Founded by ex Interswitch Software Engineer and Product Manager Tosin Eniolorunda, Nigeria's TeamApt, which provides digital solutions and payment infrastructure for Africa,...

FarmDrive, a Kenyan agritech startup in January received follow-on investment from EWB Canada, with participation from AK IMPACT INVESTORS, 1 to 4...

Sasfin, South Africa’s leading business challenger bank has taken a strategic stake in fintech lender Payabill in a move expect to fuel...

Ten edtech startups from Africa are among 30 finalists selected to pitch at this year's Next Billion EdTech Prize, founded in 2018...

Social influencer marketing has become incredibly popular in the world with marketers working with agencies and brands to increase their awareness...

Recruitment is going digital globally and firms that are not ready will be left behind as technology is becoming part and parcel...

PG Impact Investments, a global impact investment firm, has become a lender to Tugende, a Kampala-based provider of lease-to-own financing to financially...

SunFunder has announced a $42.5m first close of its new Solar Energy Transformation (SET) Fund from anchor investors the Overseas Private Investment...

JUMO, a fintech platform connecting underserved markets with financial services has been selected for Google’s Launchpad Studio in a move that will...

Financial Sector Deepening Africa (FSD Africa), the Banque Centrale du Congo and Elan RDC launch DRC – Innovation for Financial Services 2019. 

Trella, a b2b technology platform and trucking marketplace that connects shippers with carriers in the highly fragmented freight industry ​has raised $600k+...

50 scale-ups have been selected into the second annual MEST Africa Challenge taking place February 27 and 28 in Accra, Lagos, Nairobi,...

sThe Zayed Sustainability Prize submissions for the 2020 edition are open to applicants from across the African continent from 30thJanuary to 30thMay.Building...

Traditional delivery service Rush has launched its on-demand last mile delivery and logistics platform to meet the growing...

Beyond Capital Fund, an impact investment fund that invests in for-profit social enterprises throughout India and East Africa has made its second investment into...